Clap Your Hands Say Yeah kicked major butt at the Neptune Theatre on Tuesday. We ran around the venue snapping shots like crazy all the while dancing and singing along with a smile plastered on our face. Take a look for yourself. more ›

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah rose to prominence in 2005 with a highly acclaimed self-titled debut. Following the group’s sophomore effort, Some Loud Thunder, the group announced a hiatus. After working on various side projects, members of CYHSY are back with a new album called "Hysterical." Primary songwriter Alec Ounsworth recently took a few minutes away from band practice to speak with Seattlest about recording the new album, music criticism, and what fans can expect at Tuesday’s show at the Neptune. more ›

When it comes to being viewed as an important music city, we say Philadelphia rarely gets the credit it deserves. Regularly overshadowed by the likes of NYC (Brooklyn, specifically), Portland, Austin and (understandably) Seattle, the city of brotherly love is arguably the most important underrated city for indie rock today. more ›

Tonight Earlimart, The Quiet Ones, and OFFICE play the Croc. We already said plenty of good things about Earlimart when they were in town last month, so this time we'll plug OFFICE. In their first ever video, the Chicago boy-girl glam-pop five-piece decided to insert themselves (huh huh) into clips from cheesy 80s porn. Despite the presence of Peter North, it's totally SFW. more ›

Wednesday, October 11th more ›

Last night the Showbox may have been ripe with B.O., but it was not nearly as crowded as we were expecting for the first of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's two sold-out shows. Tuesday's event was all-ages, so there Seattlest was, on the floor, amongst the kids. The energetic crowd was a broad swath of CYHSY fans, but overall very unhipsterly---this is most certainly a good thing. There were still some belts over tunics and leggings present, but also some untucked button-down shirts, and at least two *shudder* backwards baseball caps (at least they weren't white). more ›

Tuesday 10th more ›

Besides raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, these were a few of our favorite things, at least in terms of live music during the past year. more ›

Saturday night offered quite the dilemma for indie rock fans: Should one buy tickets for the KEXP Benefit show at Neumo's or Franz Ferdinand at the Paramount? Luckily, Franz was also playing the following night, which allowed Seattlest to attend both shows and not miss a thing. more ›

Another day, another great show (sigh). For the past two weeks, Seattlest has been seeing live music like crazy, and we've got four more shows on our radar until this current spate is through. Yesterday was the sold-out set at the Crocodile for current Pitchfork darlings Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. We deemed ourselves to be extremely lucky earlier this week when we picked up the *very last* ticket in town. However, the luck was spread around last night, as the Croc ended up selling a few more tickets at the door. Good thing, since about a dozen people (including our companion for the evening) were standing around outside the venue, hoping for a miracle. It just goes to show, kids: Perseverance pays off. more ›